Hanger for sliding doors



Oct. 21 1924. 1,512,552

P. s. MCMILLON HANGER FOR SLIDING DOORS Filed July s, 1923 2 Shuts-Sheet1 a QXM.

Oct. a P. S. M MILLON HANGER FOR SLIDING DOORS Filed July 5, 1923 2Sheets-Sheet. 2

22 bl/Yf'ffa'lfora Patented Oct. 21, 1924.

UNITED STATES PENNY S. TT'ICIKILLON, O1 QUINLAN, TEXAS.

HANGER FO'R SLIDING DOG'RS.

[application filed July 3,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1. PENNY S. McMiiLLoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Quinlan. in the county of Hunt and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful improvements in Hangers for SlidingDoors, of which the following is a speci fication.

My invention relates to an improvement in sliding door hangers and theprimary object thereof is the provision of such hanger wherein aswinging movement of the doors to and from the building will be overcomewhich is now a disagreeable feature with sliding doors of garages barnsand the like.

A further object of the invention is the provision of such a hangerwherein the doors may be easily and expeditiously slid to opened andclosed positions without any liability of the same becoming jammed.

A still further object is to provide a hanger for sliding doors that iscomparatively simple of construction and one that may be installed in asimple and inexpensive manner.

The nature and advantages of the invention will be better understoodwhen the following detailed description is read in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the invention residing in the construction,combination and arrangement of parts as claimed.

In the drawings forming part of this application, like numerals ofreference indicate similar parts in the several views and wherein Figure1 is an elevation of the interior of a building the doors thereof beingshown as supported upon my improved hanger.

Figure 2 is a detail longitudinal crosssection taken substantially uponthe line 2-2 of Figure 1 and looking downwardly in the direction of thearrows.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical cross-section taken uponthe line 83 of the same figure.

Figure 4.- is a fragmentary elevation of the inner side of one of thedoor members equipped with certain elements embodied in my improvedhanger.

Figure 5 is a detail vertical cross-section upon the line 5-5 of Figure1, and

Figures 6, 7 and 8 are perspectives of certain of the elements includedin my improved hanger.

Serial No. 6&92'73.

Referring to the drawings, 5 indicates a building such as a barn. garageand the like that is provided with a door opening 6, the edges of whichare reenforced by metallic plates 7.

Extending across the upper edge of this door opening 6 is a longitudinalbar 8 the opposite ends of which are bent inwardly and are provided withplates 9 that are bolted or otherwise secured to the inside of thebuilding.

The sliding door are designated 10-10 and upon the upper end of each andat opposite sides thereof are vertically directed straps 11 each ofwhich carries a roller 12 that rides upon the upper surface of the bar 8and support said doors 10-10 in such a manner as to allow the freesliding movement of the same. Upon the bar 8 and at a pointsubstantially intermediate the ends thereof is an abutment 13 forlimiting the sliding movement of the doors 10-10 in certain directions.

Upon the front sides of the doors 10-10 and adjacent the lower outercorners thereof are bracket plates 1 1 bolted or otherwise suitablysecured thereto. As more clearly shown in. Figure 7, these bracketplates 14 are formed at their outer ends with forwardly directedextensions 15 that have close contact with the adjacent edges of thedoors and are also secured thereto through the medium of screws or thelike. in horizontal alinement with these brackets 1 1- upon the saiddoors 10l0 are other bracket plates 16. The bracket plates 1e and 16 areformed with outwardly extending alined eye members 1 1 and 16,respectively, that receive the opposite ends of horizontal bars 17. Theopposite sides of the door opening 6 are equipped adjacent their lowerends and directly rearwardly of the bars 17-17 with bracket plates 18,the inner ends of which are formed with outwardly directed extensions 19that lit within mortises formed in the sides of the door opening. Thebracket plates 18 are formed upon their inner sides with loop element 20through each of which is engaged the respective rod 19 of its respectivedoor 10.

The doors 1010 may be maintained in closed position through the mediumof a desirable form of lock 21 and in view of the above description whenconsidered with the accompanying drawings the operation and advantagesof a hanger for sliding doors of this character Wlll be readllyappreciated by those skilled in the art and although I have herein setforth the preferred embodimentof my invention it is nevertheless to beunderstood that minor changes may be madetherein without departing fromthe spirit and scope ofthe invention as claimed.

Having described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent, is 2- In combination with a body having a door openin atrack rail disposed transversely and above the door opening, door panelshaving carriages adapted to travel upon said rail, bracket platesmounted at the sides of the panels and at the inner edges thereof andhaving eyes alined with each other bracket plates mounted upon the bodyat the side edges of the door opening and provided upon their outersides with vertically disposed loops and a bar fitting snugly in theeyes of the bracket plates and having end portions adapted to enter theloops whereby the door panels and the rods may move vertically withrelation to the body but are restrained against outward noveinent withrelation to the body.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

PENNY S. MoMILLON.

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